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Swim

In Flames
Tab
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Song

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In Flames - Swim

From the Album Clayman

Copyright 2000 Nuclear Blast Records

Version 1.0 - October 2000

Transcribed by: John Jackson

For Questions, Comments, Newest Version, or Corrections contact

John Jackson: at jjacks10@uic.edu

.. - palm mute / - slide up to

\ - slide down to ~ - vibrato

h - hammer on b - bend

p - pull off Suffixes for bend

ph - pinch harmonic

f - full bend h - half bend

* - see comment r - release t - tap bend

X - percussion mute ~ - vibrato bend

@ - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note

Tune Gtr to: standard C

Swim

Intro

|--------------------------------p-----------------------------------|
|-------------12-13----13b15--r13-12---------------------------------|
|----11-12-14-------------------------14-----16--14------12----------|Gtr
|-14----------------------------------16-------------14--14----------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--------------might be another guitar playing-here------------------|Gtr

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------7------4-----------5----------|Gtr
|-----------------------5--------------7------4-----------5----------|III
|-----------------------5--------------5------2-----------3----------|
|-----------------------3--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16--14--12--14---11--12~~------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------12--14~~------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------4-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--2-----------4--------2--------------------------------------------|III
|--0-----------2--------2--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------0--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------p-----------------------------------|
|----------------12-13-13b15--r13-12---------------------------------|
|-------11-12-14----------------------14-----16--14------12----------|Gtr
|-12-14-------------------------------16-------------14--14----------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------7------4-----------5----------|Gtr
|-----------------------5--------------7------4-----------5----------|III
|-----------------------5--------------5------2-----------3----------|
|-----------------------3--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16--14--12--14---11--12--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|------------------12--14~~------------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------4-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--2-----------4--------2--------------------------------------------|III
|--0-----------2--------2--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------0--------------------------------------------|

main lead riff

|---------------------------p----------------------------------------|
|----12-------17----12----15-14----------12----17----12-15-----------|
|----------14----------------------14-------------------------14-----|Gtr
|-14----14-------14----14-------14----14----14----14-------14----14--| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----15-14-12-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------14-12-11--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----14-------------------14-12--------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------p----------------------------------------|
|----12-------17----12----15-14----------12----17----12-15-----------|
|----------14----------------------14-------------------------14-----|Gtr
|-14----14-------14----14-------14----14----14----14-------14----14--| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-2------------------------------------------------------------------|III
|-2------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-0------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----15-14-12-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------14-12-11--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----14-------------------14-12--------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------11--9--7-----------------------------------------------------|II
|----------------10--9--7--------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------10--9--------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|--------9--7--5-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------8--7--5--3--2--------------------------------------|

verse - x2

|---------------------------p----------------------------------------|
|----12-------17----12----15-14----------12----17----12-15-----------|
|----------14----------------------14-------------------------14-----|Gtr
|-14----14-------14----14-------14----14----14----14-------14----14--| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----9-----7--9--------------------------------------9-----7--9-----|Gtr
|-----9-----7--9--------------------------------------9-----7--9-----|III
|-----7-----5--7--------------------------------------7-----5--7-----|
|--0--0--------0-----------------------------------0--0--------0-----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----15-14-12-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------14-12-11--------------------------------------------|Gtr
|----14-------------------14-12--------------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7------------5-----------------------------------------------|Gtr
|-------7------------5-----------------------------------------------|III
|-------5------------3-----------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

pre chorus - x2

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9-----7----9---------------------------|Gtr
|--5-----4---5-----4----5----10-----9---10-----7----5----------------|III
|--7-----5---7-----2----3----------------------5----3----------------|
|----0-0---0---0-0--------------0-0---0----0-0-----------------------|

verse - x2

pre chorus - x2

chorus - x4

|-----------p--------------------------------------------------------|
|-13b15--r13-12------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------14-----16--14------12-------------------------------|Gtr
|----------------16-------------14--14-------------------------------| I
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------7------4-----------5-------------------------------|Gtr
|--5--------------7------4-----------5-------------------------------|III
|--5--------------5------2-----------3-------------------------------|
|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------12--13--)-----|
|-16--14--12--14---11--12------------------11--12--14----------------|Gtr
|------------------12--14~~------(-12--14----------------------------| I

|-----------------------------------(not played last time of chorus)-|

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|II
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----------4-----------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--2-----------4--------2--------------------------------------------|III
|--0-----------2--------2--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------0--------------------------------------------|

solo type part - x2

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----12---/--16--16--16--16--16------12------14-/15------15----------|
|14--------------------------------------------------14------14------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----12---/--16--16--16--16--16------14----------12----------11------|
|14----------------------------------16----------14----------12------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---5---5---5---5---7---7---7---7------|
|-2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---5---5---5---5------|
|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--------------------------------------|

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

interlude

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-5--5-5--5-7-7-7-7-7-7------------------|Gtr
|-2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--5-5--5-5--5-7-7-7-7-7-7---5--------------|III
|-2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--3-3--3-3--3-5-5-5-5-5-5---5--------------|
|-0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0--------------------------0-3--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-5--5-5--5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|Gtr
|-2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--5-5--5-5--5-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--------------|III
|-2-2--2-2--2--2-2--2-2--2--3-3--3-3--3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------|
|-0-0--0-0--0--0-0--0-0--0-------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--16----14----------12--------16----14----------12------------------| I
|--------------16--------------------------16------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7---------------------------7------------------|Gtr
|---4-------4---X--X--7---------4-------4---X--X--7------------------|III
|---4-------4---X--X--5---------4-------4---X--X--5------------------|
|---2-------2---X--X------------2-------2---X--X---------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|Gtr
|--16----14----------12--------16----14----------12------------------| I
|--------------16--------------------------16------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--14----12----------11--------14----12----------11------------------|Gtr
|--------------14--------------------------14------------------------|

II

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

| |

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------7---------------------------7------------------|Gtr
|---4-------4---X--X--7---------4-------4---X--X--7------------------|III
|---4-------4---X--X--5---------4-------4---X--X--5------------------|
|---2-------2---X--X------------2-------2---X--X---------------------|

solo type thing - x2

verse - x2

pre chorus - x2

chorus x4

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--16--14--12--14--11--12-------------12~~---------------------------|
|------------------12--14----2--2--2--14~~---------------------------|
|----------------------------2--2--2---------------------------------|
|----------------------------0--0--0---------------------------------|

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